MRU Library Website: Mathematics: Books & Videos

Mathematics Best Best: Books, Encyclopedias and Video Resources

You can search LibrarySearch for print and ebooks. After searching, use the Availability filters on the right to limit your search by format (and more).

You can also find useful books in mathematics and related disciplines in the library stacks within the following Library of Congress call number ranges and subjects:

QA1-43: General
QA47-59: Tables
QA71-90: Instruments and machines
QA75-76.95: Electronic computers. Computer software
QA76.65-76.765: Computer software
QA101-145: Elementary mathematics. Arithmetic
QA150-272.5: Algebra
QA273-280: Probabilities. Mathematical Statistics
QA440-699: Geometry. Trigonometry. Topology
QA801-939: Analytic Mechanics

See what's new in the Library's mathematics collection.

Ebook Databases

SpringerLink ebooks This link opens in a new window
Provides access to close to 25,000 ebooks and conference proceedings in a broad range of subjects.
Scholar's Portal This link opens in a new window
Provides access to a wide range of digital texts in the humanities and social sciences, including history, political science and Indigenous studies. Scholar's Portal also features the Association of Canadian University Presses (ACUP) ebook collection and over 150,000 government publications going back to before 1900.

Other sources of ebooks

Historical Math Monographs
A collection of selected monographs with expired copyrights chosen from the mathematics field. Open access
DML: Digital Mathematics Library
Retrodigitized Mathematics Journals and Monographs. Contains over 4600 digitized books. Open access
The University of Michigan Historical Mathematics Collection
A library of books selected from the University of Michigan mathematics collection that have been digitized to improve access and to preserve the content of these books. All of the books in this collection were published in the 19th or early 20th century. Open access

Reference Databases

Credo Academic Core This link opens in a new window
An online reference library comprised of reference books including encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri and books of quotations, etc.

Wolfram MathWorld
Extensive mathematical reference source. Open Access.

Sage Research Methods Online This link opens in a new window
Research methods instruction and training tool, covering quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods. Includes research methods cases, downloadable teaching datasets & video tutorials.

Individual Reference Titles

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics (5 ed.)
Over 3,000 entries. Provides jargon-free definitions for mathematical terms.
A Dictionary of Statistics
"This wide-ranging, jargon-free dictionary contains over 2,000 entries on all aspects of statistics including terms used in computing, mathematics, operational research, and probability, as well as biographical information on over 200 key figures in the field, and coverage of statistical journals and societies."

Films on Demand This link opens in a new window
Multidisciplinary source for academic videos. Licensed for classroom use. MRU subscribes to the following collections:Nursing and Master Academic; which includes Entertainment; and Archival Films & Newsreels;
Academic Video Online
Streaming video spanning a wide range of subject areas
CBC Curio and News in Review This link opens in a new window
CBC and Radio-Canada content, including documentaries, news, tv and radio programs, podcasts, archival material and more. Content in English and French, includes teacher guides. Also includes content from BBC and National Geographic.

Search for Books in Other Libraries

You can look for books in other libraries.

Google Books
Search the full text of millions of books online.
University of Calgary Library
Search the books at the University of Calgary

WorldCat This link opens in a new window
Collection of libraries around the world in one place. Includes a wide variety of publication types (books, serials, etc.) and formats (print, electronic, microform, audiovisual).

MRU Borrowing From Other Libraries
Information about borrowing books from other libraries, including how to obtain TAL and COPPUL cards and how to access interlibrary loan services.